Here we dig into Soccer at Georgia Southwestern State University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. GSW competes in NCAA Division II without football as a member of Peach Belt Conference.
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The GSW men’s soccer team lists 30 players.
The GSW women’s soccer team lists 26 athletes.
Across both rosters, GSW fields 56 soccer athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 26 on the women’s.
Of the 7 varsity sports GSW sponsors, soccer sits at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Joe Barber.
The women’s soccer program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jacob Crawford.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 7 sports, soccer sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GSW men’s soccer program brought in $250,205 in revenue against $250,205 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,423 in operating expense per athlete, or $72,700 per team.
The GSW women’s soccer program brought in $257,335 in revenue against $257,335 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $2,002 in operating expense per athlete, or $52,050 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $250,205 to the women’s $257,335 in revenue.
Among the school’s 7 sports, soccer sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When GSW places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.